10-16-2006, 06:36 PM
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You mean the car that isn't even out yet right? heh. And when you say vast majority Im presuming within the US is what you mean?
Considering the majority of people within the US hardly knows what Alfa Romeo is, I would say your point is moot... Ok im guessing you want examples... I was hoping i wouldnt have to.. heh.
McLaren, I would bet 99.9% of all people on this earth would not know how successful a racing team/builder Mclaren has been, but ask most young men (the primary market for sports cars) what is the fastest car on the planet? and the answer will be a resounding, McLaren F1... (well for about 16 years)
now you may ask, sure but what does that have to do with actual sales, considering that car is already known to have cost more to make then it was sold for... hmm a boost in the F1 racing team, a very well known and profitable relationship with Merc? sound familiar? yes SHOWPIECES do work.. otherwise very smart people would not spend a lot of money to make them.
are we done now? heh
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10-16-2006, 06:42 PM
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All I can say is I respectfully disagree.....and that I have a PhD in economics.
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10-16-2006, 07:11 PM
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lol bringing up your doctorates do nothing to win your argument, you should know that with a PhD... but so be it. |
Yes, but I have 3 PhDs, and I can actually use them....at the bottom of a bird cage.... 
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10-17-2006, 02:17 AM
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If I may chime in with a slightly negative comment about the 8C...
The McLaren F1 was the best of the best (with a BMW engine no less), while the Alfa 8C is basically a rebodied Maserati, with a Maserati/Ferrari Engine, built by Maserati, if anything it is only a showcase for Centro Stile, not Alfa. Performance wise it is still not that amazing compared to a 430 Ferrari.
I still think Alfa should have built a 911 fighter with an Autodelta 3.7 V6 (using up the last of their Arese stock) and a similiar price tag, keeping the styling of course, using only Alfa resources to showcase Alfa's know-how and not Maserati's.
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10-17-2006, 03:29 AM
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If I may chime in with a slightly negative comment about the 8C...
The McLaren F1 was the best of the best (with a BMW engine no less), while the Alfa 8C is basically a rebodied Maserati, with a Maserati/Ferrari Engine, built by Maserati, if anything it is only a showcase for Centro Stile, not Alfa. Performance wise it is still not that amazing compared to a 430 Ferrari..
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10-17-2006, 03:31 AM
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Performance wise it is still not that amazing compared to a 430 Ferrari.
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10-17-2006, 03:34 AM
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Hey bigfoot! good to see you over here, recognize you from Alfaowner. hah
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10-17-2006, 03:47 AM
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Hi mate, how goes it? Just joined AlfaBB today 
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10-17-2006, 07:13 AM
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g compared to a 430 Ferrari.
I still think Alfa should have built a 911 fighter with an Autodelta 3.7 V6 (using up the last of their Arese stock) and a similiar price tag, keeping the styling of course, using only Alfa resources to showcase Alfa's know-how and not Maserati's.
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10-21-2006, 06:13 PM
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They should add footage of the sportivo to that video, since the front borrows obvious cues from that car, plus the one off is beautiful, maybe because its silver alfa doesnt want to use it. There's ways around that.. wink
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 Believe its in private collection though, when Alfa decides to do its marketing campaign in the US, just contact me for ideas.. heh
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10-22-2006, 12:13 PM
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Mr. Krinkle, Wow they seriously took the front side panels for the 8C from that car there. That is a beautful car. Here Here!
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10-22-2006, 12:41 PM
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There actually was a Sportiva spider too. I believe the red coupe is the car that was traded by the Alfa Museum years ago for the last known remaining car of an early type.
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10-22-2006, 04:51 PM
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Yes, the G1 found in New Zealand I believe.
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10-30-2006, 12:06 AM
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from CAR magazines website;
It's a world exclusive for the explosive new issue of CAR magazine, on sale from 1 November. The 8C Competizione is an Alfa that will cost over £100k and out-punch its own brothers from Ferrari and Maserati. A year before it goes on sale and ages before any other magazine on the planet, CAR gets a drive…
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